Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) plays an ever-increasing role as a key digital backbone standard for modular open system architectures (MOSA) in aerospace and defense. TSN is also widely used in the automotive sector and industrial automation. TTTECH is active in all of these markets as a leading provider of TSN switches, end points, scheduling tools and software – with a comprehensive portfolio of equipment fielded and under development. TTTECH is also a leading developer of TSN chip IP.
TTTECH’s latest product release, the TSNEnd Point IP Integration Kit, enables system developers to leverage TTTECH’s 10 Gbit/s switched endpoint FPGA IP core into AMD Zynq™ Ultrascale+™ platforms. This enables providers of mission computers and other on-board systems to make their systems compatible with modern digital backbone architectures.
TTTECH’s TSNEnd Point IP Integration Kit is based on standard evaluation hardware. This allows for a fast and cost-efficient entry into the realm of TSN networks for mixed-criticality implementations, supporting the 802.1DP Aerospace profiles. TSN is the basis for converged Ethernet networks and supports real-time video streaming, AI-enabled mission computing, and multi-sensor data fusion on the same network without compromising timing guarantees.
Wolfram Zischka, Senior Product Manager - Aviation at TTTECH Aerospace, states: “With decades of expertise in delivering reliable data networks across industries, TTTECH can offer customers the best fit for their needs. TSN is already demonstrating its value in industrial automation and automotive applications, and we are leveraging our deep experience and existing products from those fields to expand and tailor our TSN solutions for the evolving requirements of the aerospace, defense, and space markets.”
TTTECH’s TSNEnd Point Pro (IP) will support the following TSN extensions including the TSN for Aerospace profiles (802.1DP):
- IEEE 802.1AS-2020 Time Synchronization
- IEEE 802.1Qbv Time Aware Shaping
- IEEE 802.1Qav Credit Based Shaper
- IEEE 802.1CB Frame Replication and Elimination for Reliability (FRER)
- IEEE 802.1Qcp Bridges and Bridged Networks (VLAN support)
- IEEE 802.1Qci Per-stream Filtering and Policing
Additional compliance details can be found in the product datasheet. Please contact our sales team for more details on TSN extension support, or if you are looking for an extension not listed above.
The TSNEnd Point IP Integration Kit is designed to be used in conjunction with TTTECH’s vendor-agnostic Slate XNS tool that can be procured separately, allowing users to design network architectures and deploy YANG device configurations via NETCONF to target devices. This significantly reduces the learning curve and enables integration of 3rd party devices.
The TSNEnd Point IP Integration Kit is the first of several 10 Gbit TSN products being released by TTTECH over the next 18 months. For more information on upcoming product releases, please contact products@tttech.com.
Find out more
- Product page: TSNEnd Point IP Integration Kit
- Product page: Slate XNS
